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Marisa de Azevedo Monte (born July 1, 1967 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazil ian popular singer. As of 2011, she has sold 10 million albums worldwide.cite news|last=Felitti|first=Chico|title=Silencinho Bom|url= http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/saopaulo/998624-marisa-monte-lanca-8-cd-e-quebra-o-sossego-dos-ultimos-anos.shtml|accessdate=30 October 2011|newspaper= Serafina / Folha de S.Paulo |date=30 October 2011|page=56|language=Portuguese
Biography
While classically trained in opera singing, she grew up surrounded by the sounds of the GRES Portela|Portela samba school, and combines diverse influences into her music. After failing to break through into 1980s Brazilian Pop rock she went into semi-exile in Italy where she met the famous producer Nelson Motta (soon her boyfriend). Thereafter she became a hybrid of Música Popular Brasileira|MPB diva and Pop rock performer. While most of her music is in the style of modern Música Popular Brasileira|MPB , she has also recorded traditional samba and folk music|folk tunes , as well and songs performed by Marvin Gaye , Lou Reed and George Harrison . Much of her work has been in collaboration with musicians/songwriters Carlinhos Brown , Arnaldo Antunes , and Nando Reis , and producer Arto Lindsay . She has also worked with foreign artists such as Laurie Anderson (performance artist)|Laurie Anderson , David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne , Ryuichi Sakamoto , and Julieta Venegas . She has performed live in the United States in such venues as The House of Blues. In 1996, she contributed a version of " Waters of March ", in a duet with David Byrne , to the AIDS benefit compilation album Red Hot + Rio produced by the Red Hot Organization . She also collaborated with Bonga and Carlinhos Brown on the track "Mulemba Xangola" for the AIDS benefit compilation album Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon produced by the same organization. Again, in 2011, she contributed a collaboration with Devendra Banhart and Rodrigo Amarante "Nú Com A Minha Música" ("Naked with My Music") for the Red Hot Organization|Red Hot Organization's most recent charitable album " Red Hot Organization#Red Hot + Rio 2|Red Hot+Rio 2 ." The album is a follow-up to the 1996 "Red Hot+Rio." Proceeds from the sales will be donated to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social issues.
Marisa Monte is unique as a Brazilian artist in that she owns the rights to all of her songs; it was her chief demand for renewing her contract with EMI Music. http://www.musitec.com.br/revista_artigo.asp? revistaID=1& edicaoID=125& navID=998 Musitec (in Portuguese)
Discography & Sales
MM (1989) - 900,000
Mais (1991) - 950,000
Verde, anil, amarelo, cor de rosa e carvão ( Rose & Charcoal ) (1994) - 1,200,000
Barulhinho Bom ( A Great Noise ) (1996) - 1,000,000
Memórias, Crônicas, e Declaracões de Amor ( Memories, Chronicles and Declarations of Love ) (2000) - 1,500,000
http://www.marisamonte.com.br/ Marisa Monte Official site
http://www.musiquebresilienne.ca French site on Marisa Monte
Persondata | NAME =Monte, Marisa | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =July 1, 1967 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Monte, Marisa Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian composers Category:Brazilian female composers Category:Brazilian female singers Category:Brazilian guitarists Category:Brazilian mezzo-sopranos Category:Brazilian singer-songwriters Category:Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Category:Latin Grammy Award winners Category:People from Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:Ukulele players
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